Director Emerald Fennell has introduced us the primary genuinely huge film of 2026. Her new adaptation of “Wuthering Heights” will convey the field workplace to life and is anticipated to turn into an enormous hit. That is nice information for the movie’s already huge stars Margot Robbie (“Barbie”) and Jacob Elordi (“Frankenstein”), who may have yet one more feather to place of their already spectacular caps. But it surely’s additionally excellent news for the film’s youthful stars, who now have a buzzy title on their small but rising resumes.
One such star who might look acquainted to audiences is the boy who performs the youthful model of Heathcliff. Elordi plates the older model of the male lead on the middle of this film’s twisted, doomed romance, however for a lot of the primary act, it is Owen Cooper who reveals us what Heathcliff was like earlier on in life. His efficiency lays the groundwork for all the pieces that comes after and is monumentally necessary. Equally, Charlotte Mellington portrays the youthful model of Robbie’s character Cathy alongside Cooper.
/Movie’s BJ Colangelo referred to as “Wuthering Heights” a “breathtaking twist on a basic” in her assessment, albeit one that’s destined to be polarizing. Polarizing or not, viewers might nicely have seen Cooper and thought to themselves, “He seems to be acquainted.” There’s an excellent motive for that. Regardless that Cooper is a younger actor who continues to be solely simply starting his profession, he is already starred in one of many greatest reveals in latest reminiscence within the type of Netflix’s “Adolescence.”
For these not conscious, “Adolescence” is a four-episode miniseries the place every episode was shot in a single take. It tells the story of the Millers, a household whose world is turned the other way up when their 13-year-old son Jamie (Cooper) is arrested for the homicide of a teenage lady who attends his faculty.
Owen Cooper went from Adolescence to Wuthering Heights
“Adolescence” rocketed to the highest of Netflix’s most-watched charts in early 2025 and was met with widespread crucial acclaim. A lot of that needed to do with Owen Cooper’s efficiency, which left an impression on folks.
Jamie Miller was top-of-the-line TV villains of 2025, and that is all because of Cooper’s efficiency. He received an Emmy for Excellent Supporting Actor in a Restricted or Anthology Sequence or Film, making him the youngest male actor to win an Emmy ever. He additionally nabbed a Golden Globe for his work. As such, seeing him pop up in “Wuthering Heights” makes for a welcome shock, though he already seems to be fairly a bit older than he did in “Adolescence.” Children develop up quick, in spite of everything.
As of proper now, Cooper would not have many different tasks on his appearing resume, however he did star within the miniseries “Movie Membership,” in addition to the music video for Sam Fender’s “Little Bit Nearer.” Nonetheless, whereas it is actually doable that some folks will acknowledge him from these tasks, it is extra probably that they’re going to know him because of his award-winning, chilling work in one in all Netflix’s finest authentic collection ever.
Subsequent up, Cooper is engaged on “Cry to Heaven.” Tom Ford’s first film as a director since 2016’s merciless and darkish love story “Nocturnal Animals,” the movie boasts a star-studded solid that additionally contains the likes of Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“The Fall Man”), Nicholas Hoult (“Superman”), and Hunter Schafer (“Euphoria”), and it ought to solely serve to additional enhance the younger actor’s profile. He’ll be acknowledged much more within the years to return, that a lot appears sure.
“Wuthering Heights” is in theaters now.
